For Sadie's, owners hope it's "Good bye, for now."

It’s been a rough week for a couple of regional coffee shops. Sadie’s Coffee in St. Michael and Dunn Bros. in Zimmerman both announced within the last three days they would be closing their doors. Sadie’s was locally owned and operated by Richard “Brownie” Brown and Kimberly Walden. The duo also owns and operates Midwest […]

It was a normal Wednesday morning crowd at Sadie’s Coffee in St. Michael. Until an uninvited customer burst his way through the Colonial Mall’s main doors. A young deer, “probably three or four” years old, Sadie’s owner Kimberly Walden said, bolted into the mall around 7:45 a.m on Oct. 25. After a few runs through […]

Get your ribs on and your shoes ready.

Back for its third straight year, dozens of barbecue chefs are ready to challenge your taste buds, and each other, this Saturday at the Colonial Mall (400 Central Ave. NE) in St. Michael for the Third Annual Smoke N’ Wright Barbecue Contest. Entrants are competing in categories that include pork, chicken, Tri Tip and Spam. […]